Whip-lock.



A. B. BARTLETT.

, WHIP LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29', 190B.

Patented July 6, 1909.

AUSLEY BROOKS BARTLETT,

OF SALEM, WEST VIRGINIA.

WHIP-LOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Application filed May 29, 1908. Serial No. 435,656.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUsLEY Bnoons BART- LETT, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Salem, in the county of I-larrison and State of Vest Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Whip-Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to Whip locks in-' tended for use in buggies and other carriages whereby a whip can be locked in the socket when the driver leaves the carriage so that the whip cannot be stolen.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive whip lock which can be readily applied to any whip socket and is adapted for use in connection with whips of different sizes.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a whip lock comprising a type of a lock provided with a chain of such length as to be secured to the foot rail arranged within the buggy adjacent the bottom of the dash thereof.

Vlith these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features oi" construction andv arrangemeiiit of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1. is a perspective view of the whip locking device applied. Fig. 2 is a side view of the lock proper. Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof with the top plate removed. Fig. 4.- is a plan view of the lock.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a portion of a buggy body having the usual dash I on which is secured the whip socket 2, and arran ed within the body at the bottom of the dash ii a rail 3 constituting the usual -foot rest.

The lock B comprises a chambered body 4 to which is hingedly connected, by a pivot 5, the yoke or keeper 6, the body having a recess 7 -for engaging around the butt of the whip handle C, the keeper or yoke 7 being of substantially the same curvature so that when the keeper is locked, it will close the recess and prevent the whip from being removed from the lock. The free end of the keeper, as shown in Fig. 3, has a plurality of shoulders or abutments S and this free end is adapted to enter the body 4 through an opening 9. Arranged within the body is a detent or latch 10 pivoted at 11 and pressed by a spring 12 that holds the nose 13 of the latch in looking engagement with any one of the abutments 8 of the keeper. The casing or body 4 has a keyhole 14 adjacent the latch 13 wherebythe owner can release the latch from the yoke or keeper 6 when it is desired. to open the lock. The casing 4.- has an eye 15 for receiving one end of a chain 16, the opposite end of the chain being removably connected with the yoke or keeper 6 by engaging in a recess 6 and held therein by a spring retainer 6. The chain is sufficient length to be passed under or secured to the foot rest 3 of the arriage, while the lock B is disposed above the upper end of the socket 2 so to engage the butt of the whip while the latter is in the socket.

When the owner of the carriage dismounts and intends to leave the horse and carriage, he looks the whip in place by applying the lock B thereto. The lock is engaged. around the whip by throwing the keeper to open position so that the whip can be entered in the recess 7, and then the keeper is moved to closed position and automatically locked by means of the latch 13, it being understood that the latch yields to permit the keeper to be inserted its full extent, according to the diameter of the whip. Since the lock B is fastened to a suitable part of the buggy, it will be impossible for any unauthorized person to remove the whip. When the owner returns to the carriage, ho unlocks the whip by opening the look by the key, the key being inserted. in the hole 14 and turned so as to move the latch away from the yoke, thereby permitting the yoke 6 to be withdrawn.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the method. of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now c011- sider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a chambered body having an opening, a keeper hingedly mounted on the body and cooperating therewith to receive a whip and having a notched extremity arranged to enter the opening, a spring-pressed key-released member in the body for engaging the notched extremity of the keeper to lock the latter in place, said keeper having a recess, a flexible element connected at one end with the body and having a link at the opposite end to slip over the keeper and engage in. the recess thereof, and a spring retainer on the keeper for maintaining the link releasably in the recess.

2. A device of the class described comprising a lock consisting of two parts, one part comprising a chambered body formed with an approximately semi-circular recess and having an opening in one Wall of the cha1n her, and the other part comprising an ap proximately semi-circular keeper, a pivot connecting one end of the keeper with the body and arranged to permit the free end of the keeper to enter the said opening, the free end of the keeper having recesses, and a spring-pressed key-released member in the body for engaging in one of the recesses for holding the keeper in locked position, in combination with a flexible element permanently connected at one end. with one part of the lock, means on the opposite end of the element for detachable connection with the other part of the lock, and a releasable retainer arranged wholly on said last-mentioned part and movable therewith for preventing the said means from becoming detached from the look.

In testimony whereof I am); my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUSLEY BROOKS BARTLETT.

Witnesses L. O. DONNELLY, LULU SMITH. 

